Bibliography of Research Sources

Since 1971, our professional research company has been compiling a vast library of surname histories. New sources are continually being added to our library, and the historians continue to develop new histories and update existing ones. The source material used for our histories has been chosen for its reliability and authenticity. Exaggerated or fictional information has been excluded and any information that can be attributed to legend or folklore is clearly stated as such. In general, events and people are only cited if supporting evidence is available.

The following bibliography is a sample of some of our frequently used sources. The sources are listed by the main nationality for which they are used; however, many books apply to more than one area of research.

England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales

A Constitutional History of Modern England

Age of Conquest - Wales

Agrarian History of England and Wales

A Heraldic Alphabet

An Ordinary of Arms - Scotland

Assize Rolls

Bede's Histories

Benets Readers Encyclopedias

Book of Kells

Book of Ulster Surnames

Brights of Suffolk

Burkes Commoners, Landed Gentry, Peerage

Cabinet of Irish Literature, 1-111

Catholic Directory for Scotland

Clans Septs and Regs of the Scottish Highlands

Court Records

Roll of the Battel Abbey

Scotch-Irish, 1-11

Scots Heraldry, Innes

Scots Kith and Kin

Scottish Clan and Family Names

Scottish Family Histories

Surname Dictionaries by Bardsley, Reaney, Black, Hanks and Hodges

Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Celts Families of the South of Bonne Bay

The High Kings

The Pictish Chronicle

The Surnames of Ireland, MacLysaght

The Wace Poem

Various Passenger Lists

Welsh Surnames, Morgan

Canada

Canadian Almanac and Dictionary

Canadian Heraldry

Carleton Saga

Census Records for the 19th Century

Colombo's Canadian Quotations

Cornwall - From Royal Township to Industrial City

Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation, Whyte

Families of the South of Bonne Bay

Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland

Loyalists in Ontario, Reid

Old United Empire Loyalist Lists

Scottish Tradition in Canada

Who's Who in Canada

Spain/Latin America

Apuntes de Nobiliario y Nociones de Genealogia y Heraldica

Elenco de Grandezas

Encyclopedia of Latin America

Nobiliario Espanol, Atienza

Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature

Oxford Companion to Sports and Games - South America, Central America and the Caribbean

Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans

Y Titulos Nobiliarios Espanoles

France

Ancient Regime

Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana, 1699-1732

Coming of the French Revolution

Complement au Dictionnaire Genealogique Tanquay

Dictionary of Canadian Biographies

Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Francais

French Canadians, 1-11

Genealogies des Families de Terrabonne

Genealogies des Families de Saint-Simon, 1600-1900

Huguenaut Ancestry

Le France Moderne - Grand Dictionnaire Genealogique

La Nobelesse aux Etats de Bougogne de 1390 a 1789

La Grande Arrangements des Acadians au Quebec

Le Livre d'ordu Lyonnais

Les Noms de Famille de France, Daizat

Les Vieux Noms de France, Puymege

Nobilaire de France

Nos Origines en France

Nouvelle Biographie General 1850-1860

Oxford Companion to French Literature

Who's Who of Quebec and its Historians

Repertoire de Mariages de L'il D'Orleans, 1500-1900

Richelieu's Desmarets and the Century of Louis XIV

The French Canadians, 1760-1967

Who's Who in France

Other Nationalities

Americans of Royal Descent

Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists

Boltons American Armory

Debretts Texas Peerage

Library of Congress, American and English Genealogies

Russian Heraldry and Nobility

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